The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-06-25
[.rsoN,s DECLINE AND IT'S
CAUSES.

hl city OF Jackson, In which every
.ser in the State, as well as in the
re more or less interested. 1t must
,smembered that the people of Miss
,ni own the large and costly State
~ the blind, deaf and dumb asy-
I. and other State buildings, and pay
expenses of keeping up the same.
whatever affects Jackson materially,
l;.ies in direct lines to every taxpayer
~ broad limits OF the State. We no.
4 the Jackson Advertiser Of 22nd OF
= a we'll written article, shadowing
Isast the baleful influences that have
aed over that once prosperous city
4h;n the last two years, like q pesti-
ne carrying its poisonous breath to
~ avenue of her social and business
Up to two years ago, there was no
~ Of its size in the State that was
owing more evident signs OF material
vancement, more unity and harmony
ali the ranks Of men and women,
bere law was as we'll enforced as in
" other community within the com
oDwealth,
How stands the matter now? Social
bcord, criminal litigation, involving
bme Of the best men in the State, as well
he city, building houses for private or
iublic purposes at an end. no sale OF
pperty in real estate, public sentiment
|vided, trade slow and uncertain, people
substance dissatisfied, and ready to
bleave if they could sell, and other
igns unfayUrable to prosperity significant
perywhere. We are we'll aware thai
uring last year that there were many
ew buildings erected in Jackson
nd we also know that many OF these
nildings were the result OF arrange
bents made prior to that time, some OF
Ehom we positively know regret very
buch having made the Investment.
The question arises at once to every
thoughtful mind, aUhy is this ? Was it so
Two years ago, before the advent of the
New Mississippian lin itspresent hands,
and the.Sword and Shield with their
ihoughtless and even reckless attacks
mon individual characters? Their unfair
and er-papte exposures OF business rela-.
ions amongst citizens, their individual
attacks upon the character Of the living
snd their insulting language on the
memory of the dead, the constant and
fierce diatribes upon the city govern
ment as reeking with official impurities,
|but little if any of which, they could
| proue. are now working out the decay OF
|Jackson.
We are the last man that W uld muz-
+ zle the enquiries ofan honest 2ress,. when
directed by intelligence and guided by a
/ sense of Justice to the rights OF individuals
| as we'll as the community. But when a
newspaper rushes in, Ike flaming COM
ct, carrying mildew and death in its
Aying hair, then commotion, trouble and
dangers grow fast and thick. lsnot that
the case with these two ill-starred lead
ers Of public opinion? Take their col,
ums from the time that they opened
their batteries for an indiscriminate
charge upon everything and every man,
that did not come to their procrustean
standard Of right, and you will sea as
plain as burning monday the potent
cause OF Jackson's decline.
Three hundred thousand good citizens
left France on an edict of Richelieu, in
tended for the benefit Of morals and re-
ligion, as well as the commercial pros
perity Of the people. They left home
and fortune, for peace and quiet under
foreign flag, rather than face the con,
slant disturbances OF social and political
life at home. When we say here in our
place in Grenada that large number
Of Jackson people are restless, disheart..
ened and ready to leave, If they could
dispose OF their interests there at any
thing like their valuation we do not be-.
lieve, that we transcend the bounds OF
truth. Our own personal observations
growing out OF repeated visits there, our
ENQUIRIES from well known citizens with
whom we have talked, the serious re-
marks made by visitors there, uttered
( elswhere. all unite to sustain us in the
assertion that tho local pride and patri-
otism of the citizens is on the wane, the
value Of property is slowly sinking, and
Jackson's former prosperity is assuming
the ugly hues of a storm cloud, rather
than growing brighter with the smiles
Of future success, and whose fault is it?
The past, up to two years ago, before
these evil genii, the New Mississppian
run by the Martins, and the Sword and
Shield run by the Gambrells, made their
ominous advent, compared with the
present, tells the tale silently, but like
pestilence, sorrowfully and sadly. At
triton Of water by drops, will wear
away the solid granite, and these III.
omened sheets have learned that law,
md seem determined to enforce 1t IN
heir relations with tho community OF
jackson, though it leaves their city
waste and her former prosperity q
sgend.
We would not be understood as mean
Ing that prohibition Is the cause. We
we're earnest workers in the prohibition
movement in this county, and we be-
l!ieved then az we do now, thata fair and
liberal enforcement Of the local option
!sw would rebound in good to our people.
But we honestly believe that the check
u the prosperity ofthe city OF Jackson is
mAinly due to personal and abusive